Cobalt Digital Announces Plans to Exhibit Award-Winning Solutions at ISE for First Time
Support for ST 2110 and IPMX-compliant products feature prominently in line-up
Champaign, IL – January 17, 2025 – Cobalt Digital, the leading designer and manufacturer of award-winning signal processing products, and a founding partner in the openGear® initiative, has revealed plans to exhibit at ISE for the first time! Cobalt will bring a cross-section of products that address the wide range of Pro AV applications, are IPMX compliant, and feature the latest technology including support for ST 2110.
Cobalt will be demonstrating its IP-based multiviewer, multi-format routers/controllers, a series of ST 2110 mini converters, and audio monitors in Booth 4K700, while also supporting the AIMS Alliance with product demos in Booth 5F600. ISE will take place on February 4-7, 2025, at Fira de Barcelona, Gran Via.
COBALT® UltraBlue IP-MV Multiviewer – Scalable Software-Based Multiviewer Solution
Cobalt’s UltraBlue IP-MV multiviewers are available as:
- A turnkey solution with four HDMI heads.
- A software package that runs on customer-supplied dedicated hardware.
Features include:
- Support for receiving audio/video content over IP across a variety of protocols and formats.
- Flexible audio routing for a multitude of applications.
- Mosaic configurations with arbitrary sizes and orientations available on multiple HDMI screens.
- Graphic overlays, ancillary data, and tallies.
- PIPs that can be arbitrarily placed and rotated.
These software-based multiviewers feature an intuitive web interface and are designed to grow with customers’ needs, incorporating support for compressed and baseband (ST 2110) IP/SDI inputs and outputs.
COBALT® WAVE Family of Multi-Format Routers and Control Panels – Flexible, Easy to Use and Integrate
The flexible, easy-to-use, and easily integrated WAVE routers fit into a variety of applications with support for signals up to 12G-SDI.
Highlights include:
- COBALT WAVE RTR 32×32 crosspoint solution (4U frame).
- COBALT WAVE RTR-64×64 with full-size BNC connectors.
- Single 10/100/1000 Ethernet port for IP-based control.
- RP-168 switching support.
- Web-based control for full setup, salvos, monitoring, and preset management.
Cobalt routers support:
- An open modern control API for third-party integration.
- Traditional control protocols.
Router control is accomplished via Cobalt’s growing line of control panels, which include:
- COBALT WAVE CP-44
- COBALT WAVE CP-42L
- COBALT WAVE CP-78
- COBALT WAVE CP-84L
These panels allow different setups to be stored and recalled, providing extremely flexible operations.
COBALT® ARIA AUD-MON – Audio Monitoring
Cobalt’s ARIA audio products, recognized with a Best of Show award at NAB 2024, will also be highlighted at ISE.
Models include:
- COBALT ARIA AUD-MON audio monitor.
- COBALT ARIA OG-AUD4-DANTE:
- Quad-channel unit with up to 12G DANTE/AES/MADI/Embed and De-Embed functions.
- Frame Sync capabilities.
- Two gigabit Ethernet ports, a 64×64 configuration, and a full audio router mixer.
COBALT® SAPPHIRE ST 2110 Mini Converters – IPMX Compliant Mini Converters
Cobalt Digital will showcase several units from its SAPPHIRE converter family.
Features include:
- IPMX-capable standalone mini-converters.
- High-quality design, function, and reliability in a small package.
- Support for baseband video and JPEG-XS.
- Single or dual 25Gb/s ports (for ST 2022-7 redundancy).
- Full NMOS support for ease of configuration.
Models include:
- COBALT SAPPHIRE BBG-2110-H/S: Single‑channel unit with simultaneous 12G SDI and HDMI outputs.
- COBALT SAPPHIRE BBG-2110-2H: 12G dual-channel unit with independent HDMI outputs.
- COBALT SAPPHIRE BBG-2110-4Ho/4Sio: Quad-channel unit with simultaneous HDMI and SDI outputs.
These converters are ideal for Pro AV networks, corporate communications, and traditional broadcast control centers.
Find Cobalt in the AIMS Alliance Booth
Cobalt Digital will also support the AIMS Alliance in Booth 5F600, demonstrating an end-to-end low-latency IPMX solution using JPEG-XS compression for close to lossless quality at reasonable bit rates.
Cobalt’s professional team will be available for one-on-one presentations.
About Cobalt Digital
Cobalt Digital Inc. designs and manufactures award-winning IP and 12G/6G/3G/HD/SD conversion, throwdown, compression, routing, and multiviewer technology for production and broadcast television.
As a founding member of the openGear® initiative, Cobalt offers:
- A full range of openGear® compliant solutions.
- Video and audio processing products for closed caption compliance, production trucks, master control, HD news, signal transport, audio loudness processing, and color correction.
- The Blue Box Group™ line of interface converter throwdown boxes.
- Multi-image display processors for demanding studio and remote production/broadcasting environments.
Cobalt Digital products are distributed through a worldwide network of dealers, system integrators, and other partnerships. For more information, visit: www.cobaltdigital.com.
Cobalt Contact:
Suzana Brady, SVP of Worldwide Sales and Marketing
Suzana.Brady@cobaltdigital.com
Press Contact:
Desert Moon Communications
Harriet Diener
+1 – 845-512-8283
harriet@desertmoon.tv
